Speaking of this, the Queen Mother stopped, and she lowered her eyes slightly, with water already covered in mist.
Hu Ling'er's eyes were also bright, her nose was sour, and an unspeakable sadness surged into her heart. Even if the empress dowager didn't say anything about the next thing, she could guess.
After a pause, she said, "So... what happened that night, was it?"
"Yes." The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, her eyes flashed slightly, and she looked full of guilt.
Hu Ling'er narrowed her eyes, not only her current expression, but she looked very guilty and self-blame when she said it before. Is Xia Min's departure related to her? Just as she was thinking, the empress dowager continued: "If I was in the beginning,
If it wasn't for the selfishness of the Ai family, if she tried hard to persuade Min'er, maybe she wouldn't have left so resolutely."
Hu Ling'er didn't say anything because she knew that the empress dowager would definitely continue. Sure enough, she said again: "That night, after the emperor revealed her identity, Min'er was shocked, but she did not refuse the emperor's love.
, because she knew that she loved the emperor too."
"But afterwards, she found the Ai family while the emperor was still asleep and told the Ai family that she could not go back with the emperor and asked the Ai family to cooperate with her to perform a play. Of course, the Ai family disagreed and asked her to ask her.
Why, since she had the emperor in her heart and even gave herself to her, why didn’t she go with the emperor? At first she refused to tell the reason, but later she saw that the Ai family insisted on refusing, and then she told the reason."
"It turned out that her father was originally a government office in a nearby county town, but because of his upright character, he offended the upper-class officials and was framed and killed. The imperial edict for death was given by the emperor himself. So, in her eyes,
, The Emperor is no different from her father-killing enemy, how could she be with the Emperor?"
After saying so much, the Queen Mother might be tired, and she stroked her forehead with a tired look on her face. Hu Ling'er quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, and took her words and said, "So, Queen Mother, you agreed to her request,
I played that scene with her? I stole the emperor's things just to make the emperor misunderstand her. I wrote that letter to want the emperor to hate her."
Without asking about the content of the letter, Hu Ling'er also knew what would be written in it.
The empress dowager didn't say anything, just nodded, Hu Ling'er thought about it and said, "So the emperor who left in anger didn't know that he and Xia Min had actually had a relationship, and... and that time, there was
Xia Yihan."
"Yes, this is the most guilty part of the Ai family." He raised his head and rubbed his temples, closed his eyes in pain, but continued: "You said how important is a girl's innocence, but she
When he decided to leave, he gave him his most precious thing, and he didn't know how much courage it would take?"
"After returning to the palace, the emperor's mood has not calmed down. How can I feel good if there is such a big secret in the Ai family? The Ai family feels guilty. Every time I see the emperor's face, I am sometimes sad and sometimes angry.
The Ai family is eager to tell the whole story. But Min'er said that if the Ai family doesn't say it, she will still live in the original place, but if she finds out that the emperor looks for it, she will disappear from our sight forever.
Among them, the Ai family was afraid that she would do something stupid, so they could only bury this secret in their hearts."
"But despite this, the Ai family still secretly sent people to see her current situation regularly. I heard that she was still living a peaceful life like before, and the Ai family felt a little relieved. Until a few months later, they were sent to her.
The person who saw her came back told the Ai family that she was pregnant and her belly could be seen. The Ai family knew that the child must be the emperor's. They were surprised and happy and wanted to tell the emperor the news immediately.
Later, thinking about her words, the Ai family had no choice but to tell the emperor that they would go to Puhua Temple to worship Buddha and pray for blessings, and then secretly ran to the village to meet Xia Min."
"When she saw the Ai family, she still said the same thing. She didn't allow the Ai family to tell the truth, and she would not enter the palace. The Ai family was so anxious. She was an unmarried woman with a big belly and would have to take care of her children in the future.
How would she view her? How would she view the child? Moreover, this child is the emperor's dragon seed. But no matter what the Ai family said or persuaded her, she always insisted on her original intention, and the Ai family could only return without success.
After the palace, the Ai family felt more and more heavy. While he was hesitating whether to tell the emperor, he found that he was pregnant too."
Seeing that the Empress Dowager said so much in one breath, Hu Ling'er held her hand and said, "Empress Dowager, if you are tired, let's talk about it another day."
The Empress Dowager pressed Hu Ling'er's hand with relief, shook her head and said, "No, let the Ai family finish it. This has been in the heart of the Ai family for twenty-five years. If she doesn't say it, the Ai family will be afraid that it will be suffocated.
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Hu Ling'er understood the Empress Dowager's mood and could only stuff the tea that she had never moved in her hands, "Then you can drink a little tea before talking about it."
"What a good child." The empress dowager took it with satisfaction and took a few sips, and then continued: "After the Ai family knew that she was pregnant, the woman's selfishness came to her again. The emperor had only one of the eldest sons of the queen at that time, but
The prince was not established. Moreover, the Ai family was deeply favored. If the prince was born, it was very likely that he would become the prince. The Ai family and Min'er's children were only four or five months apart. If Min'er entered the palace and gave birth to the prince
Then her son is a big threat to the Ai family's children. So, after repeated struggles, the Ai family decided to hide the matter. In order to reduce the guilt, the Ai family never sent anyone to see Min'er again
, I will never know her situation again."
"Wan'er, do you think the Ai family is very selfish?" The empress dowager sighed deeply, looked at Hu Ling'er slightly, but saw that she kept looking at her with a smile, her eyes soft, and she didn't blame her at all.
, look down on her appearance.
Hu Ling'er shook her head and said softly: "No, Queen Mother, this is the instinct of every wife and mother, and I don't blame you." As soon as the topic changed, Hu Ling'er's eyes became sad, "If this matter was put
I guess other concubines won’t leave their mother and son with their living habits.”
The Queen Mother's heart warmed up slightly, knowing that she really did not read the wrong person, because the things she said were extremely common in the harem.
It would be really difficult to raise a child, especially the prince, safely and healthy, unless he had supreme power, even afterwards...
After adjusting her emotions, she said again: "Then nine months passed in a flash, and the Ai family was having difficulty giving birth. When they were wandering around the gates of hell, the Ai family thought of Min'er, thinking about whether she gave birth was going smoothly, thinking about her
Is her child healthy? I wonder if it was because the Ai family committed the evil, so God wants to punish the Ai family and the children in her belly.”
"At that moment, the Ai family regretted it, thinking that even if they died, they would tell the emperor about Min'er's affairs before they died. So, the Ai family asked someone to take out the red hairband that they had been preserved and gave them to the anxiety outside.
The waiting emperor told him that the Ai family had something to say to him."
"Women can't come in for giving birth, not to mention that he is the emperor. But the emperor recognized the red hairband at a glance and rushed in despite everyone's obstruction. At that time, the Ai family had no strength at all.
It was also in danger of birth, but I still held on to the last breath and told him the truth."
"Ai's family saw the emperor's shock and sadness, but he did not blame the Ai's family, but just wanted the Ai's family to hold on and then go to pick up Min'er and the child together. He grabbed the Ai's hand, in his hand
He was still holding Min'er's hairband. At that moment, the Ai family felt as if two forces were injected into their bodies together. Then they were shocked and they gave birth to the child."
When she said this, the tears that had been gathering in the Queen Mother's eyes finally rolled down unstoppable. Even Hu Ling'er's eyes were red. If she hadn't been forced to hold it up, she would have cried.
Her hand gently stroked her lower abdomen that was still flat, and there was a small life in her. Should she give birth to him alone like Xia Min?
It’s not that I dare not, but that I am absolutely unfair to him.
With the love of his parents, a complete family should be his power. Even if she is the one who gave birth to him, he cannot deprive him of this power.
The queen mother gently wiped the corner of her eyes with a veil, but turned her eyes and saw Hu Ling'er in a daze. Her expression made her feel a little worried, and she couldn't help but say worriedly: "Wan'er, what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay." Hu Ling'er came back to her senses in an instant and quickly opened the topic: "Then, did you find Xia Min later?"
In fact, Hu Linger already had an answer to this question, because if she had found it at that time, it would not be the current situation.
Sure enough, a deep pain appeared in the queen mother's red eyes. She shook her head and said, "No. Actually, the day after the emperor gave birth at Ai's house, he arrived there soon, but found that Xia Min was no longer there.
After the people in the village, they learned that Xia Min had left there nine months ago, shortly after the Ai family went to see her. It seemed that she was worried that the Ai family would tell the emperor the truth, so she left resolutely.
After that, there was no news about her."
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